Joe Jackson: Quincy Jones was jealous of Michael
Quincy Jones took many people by surprise when he gave a tell-all interview to Vulture. He spilled all kinds of tea about everything from dating Ivanka Trump, his thoughts on the current president and let’s not forget that he accused Michael Jackson of being a music thief. “Michael stole a lot of stuff. He stole a lot of songs…He was as Machiavellian as they come,” he said in the interview.
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It seems that Michael’s father Joe Jackson has finally read the article and he, along with other family members, are going on the attack against the famous producer. One family member told Page Six that Jones “must have the first stages of dementia.”
A few days ago, when TMZ asked Joe about the accusations Quincy Jones made he just said Jones “knows better” than to say Michael stole music from other artists. Now though, he is sharing more thoughts on the matter saying, Jones was “quite jealous of Michael because he’s never worked with someone with all of that talent.”
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According to another family member, Jones “quietly carried a vendetta” against the pop star. “It goes way back, and [Jones] recently got money from Michael’s estate,” they said in what was likely a reference to the multi-million dollar win against the late singer’s estate for unpaid royalties.
Before Michael Jackson died in 2009 he and Quincy Jones had a falling out in spite of the fact they had worked together on more than one of the singers hit albums.
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In the early 80’s, Michael blocked Jones ability to win any producer Grammys from his Thriller album. He apparently thought he did all the work on his own and didn’t want to share any wins. “Michael did all of the work. It’s his music and everyone knows Michael’s sound,” said a family source.
Joe Jackson also said that the song Billie Jean, which is one of the ones Quincy Jones said Michael stole from Donna Summer, was completely written by Michael and if there were similarities it was Jones’ fault. “He says my son stole it, but he was the producer on both, so if anybody is wrong it would be Quincy.”
